[i]"If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud. Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, my friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori." [/i] -Wilfred Owen

[center][h2]Summer of 1799[/h2][/center]

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[u][i][b]11th of April[/b][/i][/u]

To further strengthen the bond between their two nations, Prince Pashkov Sadoski, brother to King Jakub Sadoski of [b]The Kingdom of Claidor[/b], announces his engagement to Empress Alina Romanovna, ruler of [b]The Empire of Rubrus[/b]. This clear sign of intent from both parties only shows how strong the alliance is quickly becoming. The wedding itself is set to occur within a few months. 

[u][i][b]13th of April[/b][/i][/u]

[color=f26522][b]The Republic of Toubres[/b][/color] continues its colonial expansion, largely ignoring the war consuming Europe. An expedition sails south from Toubrian Rilos, careful to give a wide berth to the newly establish coastal fort of [color=2e3192][b]The Kingdom of Aontas[/b][/color]. Their already established trade with the natives of the new land helps ease the establishment of the new colony, and soon the Colony of Toubrian Guerra. 

[b][i][u]14th of April[/u][/i][/b]

[b]The Kingdom of Ubren[/b] honours its alliance with [b][color=ed1c24]The Redcliff Empire[/color][/b] and weighs in on the Sescos crisis. They pledge their support for [b]The Kingdom of Sescos[/b] and begin mobilising their troops. They offer their full support to Redcliff, and to [b]The Hastel Dominions[/b] in any offensive they make against the enemies of Sescos. 

[b][i][u]16th of April[/u][/i][/b]

[b][color=007236]The Three City's Republic of Ianian[/color][/b] announces a new economic scheme, allowing prospective factory owners to secure loans to establish these centres of industry all across Ianian. The plan is not an immediate success, but neither is it a failure. A steady stream of entrepreneurs, and already existing business owners, take the loans, and the already industrialised nation continues down the path of industrial revolution. 

[u][i][b]19th of April[/b][/i][/u]

In a diplomatic statement, [color=f26522][b]The Republic of Toubres[/b][/color] directly addresses [color=2e3192][b]The Kingdom of Aontas[/b][/color]. In a bid to avoid war between their colonial holdings to the west, Toubres suggests dividing the continent, and it's potential land, suggesting that Aontas stays on the north bank of the inland sea, and Toubres will stay on the south. They address the formation of the Aontas colony of Suveren, and request that the island be demilitarised, so as to prevent the building of tensions, but as a sign of goodwill, do not request that Aontas abandon the colony. 

[u][b][i]21st of April[/i][/b][/u]

[b]The Empire of Rubrus[/b] announces a celebration in honour of the announcement of the royal wedding, and begin a mass training of their army. This unsurprisingly further damages relations with their neighbour, and historical rival, [b]The Kingdom of Ilastiri[/b]. The training itself is of moderate success. Rubrus commands a sizeable detachment of Militia Divisions, who struggle with the rigours of the new training, but the professional bulk of the army take to it well, and there is evident improvement. Although what Rubrus is preparing for, is not yet clear.

[b][i][u]24th of April[/u][/i][/b]

The remaining half of the invading force of [b]The Republic of Oflua[/b], under the command of General Yurij Zayets, continues its march towards Larymnas, the capital of [b]The Kingdom of Sescos[/b]. Despite his aides imploring him to flee, King Bakos Mátyás refuses to abandon the city, pledging to defend it, even manning the walls himself if it comes down to it. But the capital is only defended by a meagre garrison, and there is little doubt that the Ofluans will reach the capital before relief can come from the Sescosi army to the north, or from the Province of Osnic to the south.